If I Lived in a Swing State

At some point, before the election, I will write a blog entry about why I am supporting Barack Obama for president.

If I lived in a swing state, like Florida, Ohio, or even a place with an historically close race like Georgia, this is what I would do to support the voters in line on election day.

1. Go to Costco and buy a huge amount of snacks and drinks.
2. Stock up on interesting magazines that have endorsed Barack Obama.
3. Make myself a nice big “community organizer” name-tag, and maybe some stickers that said “brought to you by a community organizer” to attach to all the snacks, drinks and magazines.  (You can’t have political signs/buttons/etc at most polling places.)
4. Pick a few precincts that are particularly important for their Obama turnout (I’d recruit some friends, maybe even talk to the Obama campaign about targets), and walk the line offering drinks, snacks and magazines.

A well-fed and hydrated queue is a happy queue.

If anyone actually wants to do this I bet I could help raise some money for the snacks and drinks.  Here in Oregon we vote by mail.  No lines.  Probably not reasonable for me to get on a plane at this point.